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So in June the math major went to three banks and withdrew five $25-boxes of pennies. He poured 11,000 of them into three one-gallon buckets, each weighing more than 20 pounds, and paid his fine.

Since then, he’s set up an online fundraising page for UNCC’s Actuarial Science Club and has passed out flyers advocating for a change to the legislation limiting how much fine money UNCC can keep. He’s also taking a full schedule of summer classes.

He and his penny protest have since been featured on ABC News, MTV and USA Today.

“It’s gone so viral so quickly,” Coyle said. “I want to push as hard as I can right now with the media.”

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